The Best Laid Plans

We planned to go out in the early evening, watch the sunset, go see some animals in the dusk, and then photograph the Milky Way after dark. The Milky way is currently high in the sky and the moon is below the horizon, making for really good conditions.

Unfortunately, a deep gray overcast settled in with rain, wind and no let-up in sight. That altered the plan for the evening substantially. We did drive over west of Tres Piedras and saw four elk and a handful of deer, but nothing we could get a decent photo of.

Just as the light was failing, we outran the storm and got this image of a beautiful sunset over Hopewell Lake.

Hopewell Lake, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA, August 27, 2016. Nikon D90, AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 at 70mm, Manual Exposure mode, f/4.5 for 1/40 second, ISO 200, processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC.